AME vs GTX vs MGA Stock Comparison

Ametek, Garrett Motion and Magna International Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AME Ametek Inc/
$251.75 +0.4% 1M +36.7% 1Y
Market cap
$55.12B
P/E
35.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.86B
Div. yield
0.01%
Industrial Machinery Industrials
5 wins
GTX Garrett Motion Inc.
$22.48 -14.3% 1M +31.6% 1Y
Market cap
$3.90B
P/E
10.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.78B
Div. yield
–
Industrial Machinery Industrials
1 win
MGA Magna International Inc
$64.69 +0.2% 1M +42.2% 1Y
Market cap
$17.88B
P/E
7.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$31.92B
Div. yield
–
Auto Parts Consumer Discretionary
3 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Ametek leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Ametek 5, Magna International 3, Garrett Motion 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAMEGTXMGALeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $55.12B $3.90B $17.88B AME
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 35.0x 10.4x 7.5x MGA
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 30.7x 12.4x 9.6x MGA
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +12.7% +6.9% -54.1% AME
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 20.0% — 7.5% AME
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 12.8% — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.6x — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +36.7% +31.6% +42.2% MGA
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +13.7%/yr +27.3%/yr -4.5%/yr GTX
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 23.9% 44.2% 37.0% AME
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 63/100 54/100 61/100 AME

Percentile Scorecard

AMEGTXMGA

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAMEGTXMGA
Valuation 18 #166 of 203 97 #8 of 203 94 #4 of 50
Growth 64 #68 of 188 49 #96 of 188 23 #38 of 49
Profitability 94 #12 of 183 – 73 #13 of 46
Financial Health 69 #67 of 216 3 #210 of 216 –
Shareholder Returns 68 #49 of 152 66 #53 of 152 54 #14 of 29
Overall 63 54 61
  • AME ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • GTX ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • MGA ranked among 56 companies in Automobiles and Components

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAMEGTXMGASPY
1 month +0.4%-14.3%+0.2% +0.7%
3 months +4.9%-27.5%-7.4% +3.7%
6 months +6.9%-12.2%+1.6% +7.1%
Year to date +22.6%+29.0%+21.4% +12.8%
1 year +36.7%+31.6%+42.2% +11.9%
3 years +79.7%+214.4%+35.2% +85.2%
3 years, per year +21.6%+46.5%+10.6% +22.8%
5 years +90.1%+233.5%-20.4% +67.6%
5 years, per year +13.7%+27.3%-4.5% +10.9%
10 years +470.5%—+59.2% +262.0%
10 years, per year +19.0%—+4.8% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureAMEGTXMGASPY
Volatility, 1Y 23.9%44.2%37.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 22.9%37.4%30.9% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.981.661.25 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.540.721.14 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -27.3%-40.5%-65.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -2.6%-38.0%-11.4% -1.2%
52-week high $258.54$36.23$73.05 $779.14
52-week low $184.19$15.64$44.65 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAMEGTXMGA
P/E now vs peer median 36.6xmedian 25.8x 11.2xmedian 25.8x 7.7xmedian 21.7x
P/S now vs peer median 7.3xmedian 1.9x 1.1xmedian 1.9x 0.6xmedian 0.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 24.1xmedian 14.6x —median 14.6x —median 8.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 31.6xmedian 22.2x 13.4xmedian 22.2x 2.7xmedian 9.4x
P/B now vs peer median 5.1xmedian 2.2x -6.8xmedian 2.2x —median 1.0x
PEG now vs peer median 4.20median 1.45 0.07median 1.45 1.31median 1.36

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAMEGTXMGA
Revenue $7.86B $3.78B $31.92B
Gross profit $2.86B $799.00M -$4.47B
Operating income $2.04B – -$5.31B
Net income $1.58B – $814.00M
Free cash flow $1.82B – $6.59B
EPS (diluted) $6.86 $1.98 $8.42
Cash & equivalents $495.45M $211.00M $1.43B
Total debt $2.04B – $20.90B
Shares (diluted) 229.86M 190.59M 282.50M
Enterprise value $53.25B $3.90B $11.90B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAMEGTXMGA
P/E 36.6x 11.2x 7.7x
P/FCF 31.6x 13.4x 2.7x
P/Operating cash flow 29.4x 8.8x 4.0x
P/S 7.3x 1.1x 0.6x
P/B 5.1x -6.8x –
P/Tangible book 8.2x -6.8x –
EV/EBITDA 24.1x – –
EV/EBIT 29.1x – -4.0x
EV/Revenue 7.5x 1.1x 0.7x
EV/FCF 32.5x – 3.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 30.2x 8.8x 4.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 4.20 0.07 1.31

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAMEGTXMGA
Revenue growth (1Y) 12.7% 6.9% -54.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 7.0% -0.5% -7.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 13.4% 9.8% -113.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 7.9% 3.2% -42.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) 11.2% – -116.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 8.2% – -55.8%
Net income growth (1Y) 9.6% – -36.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 8.5% – -5.9%
EPS growth (1Y) 10.4% 22.7% -5.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 8.7% 162.6% 5.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 8.1% 7.2% 35.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 11.0% 0.7% 25.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 8.4% – 1.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 12.0% – 8.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAMEGTXMGA
Gross margin 36.4% – -14.0%
EBITDA margin 31.2% – –
Operating margin 25.9% – -16.6%
Pretax margin 24.3% – 4.0%
Net margin 20.0% – 7.5%
FCF margin 23.2% – 20.7%
Operating cash flow margin 24.9% 12.6% 14.2%
Return on equity 14.2% – –
Return on assets 9.6% – –
Return on invested capital 12.8% – –
Return on capital employed 14.8% – –
Asset turnover 0.5x 1.5x –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x – 5.6x
Stock comp / revenue 0.6% – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAMEGTXMGA
Debt / assets 12.3% – –
Debt / equity 0.2x – –
Net debt / EBITDA 0.6x – –
Debt / FCF 1.1x – 0.7x
Liabilities / assets 32.1% 124.4% –
Equity / assets 67.9% -24.4% –
Interest coverage 21.1x – –
Current ratio 1.2x 1.0x –
Quick ratio 0.6x – –
Cash ratio 0.2x – –
Altman Z-score 8.50 – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAMEGTXMGA
Dividend yield 0.5% 1.4% 3.0%
Net buyback yield 0.7% – 0.1%
Shareholder yield 1.2% 1.4% 3.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) 18.9% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 16.3% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) 9.4% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 11.3% – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAMEGTXMGA
Forward P/E 30.7xFY2026 12.4xFY2026 9.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $8.20FY2026 $1.82FY2026 $6.73FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +10.4%FY2026 +11.0%FY2026 +18.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +8.4% +13.2% +11.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $7.96BFY2026 $3.58BFY2026 $39.77BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +7.5%FY2026 0.0%FY2026 -4.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +18.3% +16.2% +13.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAMEGTXMGA
Held by institutions 89.6% 96.8% –
Institutions holding 1,196 459 –
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.3% +0.8% –
Institutions buying 615 239 –
Institutions selling 399 140 –
Buyers to sellers 1.54 1.71 –

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AMEGTXMGA
AME 1.00 0.54 0.43
GTX 0.54 1.00 0.46
MGA 0.43 0.46 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AME, GTX and MGA?

Ametek (AME) is the largest by market capitalisation: Ametek (AME) $55.12B, Garrett Motion (GTX) $3.90B, Magna International (MGA) $17.88B.

Which stock is cheaper, AME, GTX and MGA?

Magna International (MGA) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Ametek (AME) 35.0x, Garrett Motion (GTX) 10.4x, Magna International (MGA) 7.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Magna International (MGA) is cheapest (Ametek (AME) 30.7x, Garrett Motion (GTX) 12.4x, Magna International (MGA) 9.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Ametek (AME) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Ametek (AME) +12.7%, Garrett Motion (GTX) +6.9%, Magna International (MGA) -54.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Ametek (AME) has the highest net margin (Ametek (AME) 20.0%, Magna International (MGA) 7.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Magna International (MGA) returned the most: Ametek (AME) +36.7%, Garrett Motion (GTX) +31.6%, Magna International (MGA) +42.2%. Over five years, Garrett Motion (GTX) compounded fastest (Ametek (AME) +13.7%/yr, Garrett Motion (GTX) +27.3%/yr, Magna International (MGA) -4.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Ametek (AME) 0.01%, Garrett Motion (GTX) 0.00%, Magna International (MGA) 0.00%. Garrett Motion (GTX) and Magna International (MGA) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Ametek (AME) has been the steadiest (Ametek (AME) 23.9%, Garrett Motion (GTX) 44.2%, Magna International (MGA) 37.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AME, GTX and MGA?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Ametek (AME) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.